Taxon:
Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 33:442. 1984
Verified:
10/07/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burner, D. M. 1997. Chromosome transmission and meiotic behavior in various sugarcane crosses. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 17:38-50. URL: http://www.assct.org/jourmain.htm Note: reports cytological counts of crosses made by Tai et al. (not same parental accesions cited in 1991) that apparently included erroneous identified material (accession as US 56-42-3, prob. PI 232673) that belongs to this taxon
- Deuter, M. Breeding approaches to improvement of yield and quality in Miscanthus grown in Europe. (on-line resource). URL: http://www.cantusbiopower.com/articles/EMIendber.pdf
- Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392. Note: reveals a polyphyletic Miscanthus; this taxon clustered with other Saccharum species in a group recognized as Miscanthidium sister to a clade including Eulalia, Sorghum taxa
- Mabberley, D. J. 1984. Pallas's buckthorn and two and a half centuries of neglected binomials. Taxon 33:433-444. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: comments that this name might be the earlier name for Miscanthus capensis (Nees) Anderss.
- Tai, P. Y. P. et al. 1991. Phenotypic characteristics of F2 and BC1 progenies from sugarcane intergeneric hybrids. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 11:38-42. URL: http://www.assct.org/jourmain.htm
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | possibly |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Eswatini (possibly), South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape]